{"id":1042494,"date":"2012-07-08T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.longevitymedicine.tv\/stem-cell-transplant-explored-as-alzheimers-disease-therapy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T16:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T20:57:54","slug":"stem-cell-transplant-explored-as-alzheimers-disease-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/stem-cell-transplant-explored-as-alzheimers-disease-therapy.php","title":{"rendered":"Stem Cell Transplant Explored as Alzheimer&#039;s Disease Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work on stem cell transplants in rats is outlined here: \"<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alzheimer's_disease\">Alzheimer's disease (AD)<\/a> has been called the disease of the century with significant clinical and socioeconomic impacts. Epidemiological studies point out that AD affects 5% of the population over 65, and, parallel with increasing lifespan, the incidence of disease will rise dramatically. Clinically AD is characterized by a progressive learning capacity impairment and memory loss, especially memories of recent events  ... Adult neural tissues have limited sources of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stem_cell\">stem cells<\/a>, which makes <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurogenesis\">neurogenesis<\/a> in the brain less likely. Stem cells transplantation seems to be a promising strategy for treatment of several <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_nervous_system\">central nervous system (CNS)<\/a> degenerative diseases such as AD, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis\">amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parkinson's_disease\">Parkinson's disease<\/a> ... The present study aims to evaluate the effect of bone marrow <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mesenchymal_stem_cell\">mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)<\/a> grafts on cognition deficit in chemically and age-induced Alzheimer's <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_model\">models<\/a> of rats. ... Two months after the treatments, cognitive recovery was assessed ... Results showed that MSCs treatment significantly increased learning ability and memory in both age- and [chemical]-induced memory impairment. Adult bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells show promise in treating cognitive decline associated with aging and [<a href=\"http:\/\/psychology.wikia.com\/wiki\/Nucleus_basalis_magnocellularis\">nucleus basalis magnocellularis<\/a>] lesions.\"<\/p>\n<p><span>Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1155\/2012\/369417\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1155\/2012\/369417<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longevitymeme.org\/newsletter\/latest_rss_feed.cfm\">http:\/\/www.longevitymeme.org\/newsletter\/latest_rss_feed.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work on stem cell transplants in rats is outlined here: \"Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been called the disease of the century with significant clinical and socioeconomic impacts. Epidemiological studies point out that AD affects 5% of the population over 65, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/longevity-medicine\/stem-cell-transplant-explored-as-alzheimers-disease-therapy.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1246678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1042494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-longevity-medicine"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1042494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1042494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}